Sports, Games, and Leisure

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This diverse collecting area features specimens of early card and board games, archival collections of athletes and coaches, and faculty papers related to sports and leisure. Works relating to leisure travel, especially concerning The World’s Fair, are also included.

Featured Books and Collections

Game and Sports History [Academie des jeux historiques, contenant les jeux de l'histoire de France, de l'histoire romaine, de la fable, du blason, et de la geographie, 1718]

Rational recreations: in which the principles of numbers and natural philosophy are clearly and copiously elucidated, by a series of easy, entertaining, interesting experiments: among which are all those commonly performed with the cards, 1774

A companion to the ball room: containing a choice collection of the most original and admired country dances, reels, hornpipes, waltzes and quadrilles, 1807

The sports and pastimes of the people of England; including the rural and domestic recreations, 1810

Old English Sports, 1907

Early game and toy specimens

The dexterous painter, 1780

[Wallis's tour through England and Wales, 1794]

[Bowles's geographical game of the world (table game), 1821]

Every man to his station (board game), 1830

The mansion of happiness (board game), 1860

Philosophical enigmas (card game), 1883

This little frog (card game), 1884

Tommy and Dobbin (puzzle), 1890

The blind boy: a drama in two acts (toy theater), 1899

[The Lord Mayor's fool: a comic burletta in one (toy theater), 1899]

The World’s Fair

[The World's Fair: its meaning and scope, 1891]

[World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (pamphlet), 1892]

[Condensed catalogue of interesting exhibits with their locations in the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893]

Glass axe (artifact), 1893

[The magic city: a massive portfolio of original photographic views of the great World's Fair and its treasures of art, 1894]

Pan American Exposition souvenir glass (artifact), 1901

United States Government Building, St. Louis, (artifact) 1904

Archival materials

Carlos Banda Collection, 1977-2016 - The Carlos Banda Collection is an LGBT tennis collection associated primarily with the Texas region.

Hockey Club of North Texas Records, 1981-1982 - This collection contains a scrapbook that documents the founding of The Hockey Club at the University of North Texas, which was active for one year from 1981 to 1982.

Dallas Independent Volleyball Association Records, 1997-2018 - Collection (1997-2016) is comprised of papers, photos and artifacts from the Dallas Independent Volleyball Association (DIVA).

Bob Kap Collection, 1940-1978 - This collection contains the archive of Bob Kap, who served as the coach of the Dallas Tornado Soccer Club throughout the 1967-1968 season. Records of the group’s travels, activities, photographs, clippings publications, artifacts, and games they played during their world tour are contained within this collection.

Dorothy Gray Mills Howard Collection, 1910-1977 - Collection includes Dr. Howard's publications, teaching experience, and research into childhood traditions in Amish and Mexican communities.

Donald Chipman Papers, 1961-1970 - This collection includes collected research materials related to the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL.

Beulah Harris Papers - Papers of Beulah Harriss, the first woman hired as a member of the athletic faculy in 1914. Ms. Harriss superviced the women's athletic program, founded the Green Jackets Club in 1926, and served as a faculty advisor for the Green Jackets for four decades.

Augustin Lucas Bullfighting Collection, 1953-2008 - This is a collection of bullfighting materials from Agustin Lucas, containing items related to the sport as well as the many bullfighting clubs and associations he was a part of.